In the last few weeks of his presidency, George Bush been taking more time to deliver "final" addresses than to actually govern. The outgoing commander in chief has done a series of interviews in which he offers a relatively glowing personal review of his White House work. On separate occasions, he has defended his decisions on protecting the country, fighting AIDs in third-world countries, responding to Katrina, reshaping public schools … and who could forget 9/11, a tragic moment in American history that turned out, in Bush’s mind, to be one of the highlights of his presidency. We haven’t been attacked since, have we? Nope. And Bush won’t let us forget that fact, for which we’re thankful.

As you know, he held a farewell address just last night.

While such speeches have always been a ritual for departing presidents, the stakes are especially high for Bush, who will step down with one of the lowest public approval ratings of any president in modern times — in the mid-20-percent range.

So, we wonder, reader, do you think Bush’s poignant speeches will woo the public, or should he just give up and accept his fate? Or, of course, there’s the possibility that the history books will remember him as — ahem — a great leader.

Watch a clip from what’s being called Bush’s final farewell address: